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Taxon: Species Orycteropus afer (Pallas, 1766) - aardvark (mammal)
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Authorship

Original name Pallas, 1766:64.
Subsequent rank
Subsequent generic combination

Types

Type, by synonymy, ofOrycteropus (Genus) Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1796
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]Orycteropus afer afer (Pallas, 1766)

Variants

Different spellingOrycteropus ater

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full nameKaaps aardvarken

Vernacular Names (English)

Full nameaardvark
antbear
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